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The significance of reporting to the thousandths place: Figuring out the laboratory limitations

OBJECTIVES: A request to report laboratory values to a specific number of decimal places represents a delicate balance between clinical interpretation of a true analytical change versus laboratory understanding of analytical imprecision and significant figures. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) was us...

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Autores principales: Straseski, Joely A., Whale, Casey, Wilson, Andrew, Strathmann, Frederick G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2016.11.001